Dan Luvisi, the artist that inspired my twisted Mike Watowski costume launched his POPPED CULTURE Kickstarter on Sunday and within hours it was funded. While it's already funded that doesn't mean you shouldn't still help push it further in the 26 days (at time of writing) it has left by pledging money towards it. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1904003967/dan-luvisis-popped-culture Acclaimed artist Dan LuVisi is ready to take you on a twisted trip down memory lane. You know those popular culture characters you love so much from your favorite video games, TV shows, and movies? He’s reimagined them, putting them in an alternate and strangely satirical universe. After years of putting these images and their associated stories online, Dan is ready to present you with POPPED CULTURE, a book that collects some of his peculiar pop culture paintings, ...
My last post was all about making Mike but how it was received by people was the real surprise. If you know me in real life I'm an unassuming guy who likes to keep to himself mostly, head down and gets on with what needs to be done. I don't like attention (I love it really). Halloween and any time I'm in a costume is the only real exception to this. It's kind of like normal clothes are my costume and the costumes are my skin. It's odd... Anyway...I wore two costumes to work (one to work in and Mike) for the annual Halloween competition which everyone I take very seriously. There were the usual ghouls, skeletons and werewolves, then there was me the weirdo who brought a giant eyeball, teddybear and some slightly damp underwear - I dirtied ...
If you follow me on Instagram, Twitter or on my cosplay page you know that for Halloween I chose to take on the challenge of creating a real life version of Dan Luvisi's Mike Wazowski. This version of the popular Monsters Inc character comes with his own twisted story: After Boo was saved, Sully and Mike realized they no longer required scares for cash, thus forcing Mike into a new line of business; comedy. As Mike continued his stand-up routine with the children in hopes for laughs, Sully partied and wasted money that he didn't have. The problem is: the world didn't care, it was Sully, a hero and role model. And everyone loves Sully. Everyone but the one living in his shadow. Mike was tired of it. Tired of lowering himself to telling jokes, only to hurt himself in ...
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